Smoking
SMOKING
Many of the diseases caused by smoking - heart disease, lung cancer -
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- The passage focuses on smoking risks specifically for women. Do you think anti-smoking campaigns should be gender-targeted, or is a universal message more effective?
- The text mentions both health and financial costs of smoking. Which argument do you think is more persuasive for convincing someone to quit?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Many of the diseases caused by smoking - heart disease, lung cancer -
are seen as 'male' diseases. But as the number of women smoking increases -
one in four women now smokes - so does the number dying from such
preventable illnesses.Risks for womenSmoking is the single largest cause of preventable cancer deaths in the UK.
Each year it causes 32,000 deaths from lung cancer and 11,000 deaths
from other cancers.The more you smoke, the greater your risk. However, just one or two cigarettes
a day are more than enough to cause lung cancer. Chronic lung disease
is also common among older smokers, destroying busy and active lives.Smoking also increases your risk of heart disease.
And if you smoke and take the contraceptive pill, your risk of heart disease
is 30 times that of a non-smoker.Smoking affects your skin too. It ages more quickly in smokers,
with the early appearance of wrinkles and thinning of the skin.Benefits of quittingThe good news is, many of the benefits of quitting smoking are immediate.
Food will taste better and your breathing will become easier.
Even if you've smoked for 30 years, your risk of heart disease will halve within
a year of stopping.There are financial benefits of kicking the weed, too.
Assuming a packet of 20 cigarettes costs around ￡5 and that you smoke
a packet a day, a year's supply of cigarettes costs you around ￡1,825.
In a lifetime of smoking (40 years, if you're lucky enough to live that long)
means sending ￡73,000 up in smoke.How to quit1. Make a plan - decide your quit date, detail how you'll react to temptations,
even make a list of the pros and cons of smoking to keep on track.2. Get motivated - imagine the Mediterranean beach you could be basking on
with all the money saved from kicking the habit, or set your own goal or treat.3. Get support - from your GP and most importantly from your family and friends
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
'harmful'은 전치사 'to'와 함께 쓰고, 'bad'은 'for'와 함께 쓰입니다. 한국어 '에 해록다'를 일괄적으로 'for'로 번역하지 마세요. 형용사마다 전치사가 다릅니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- The passage states that smoking combined with the contraceptive pill increases heart disease risk 30 times. Should doctors be required to refuse prescriptions for the pill to smokers?
- The text points out that "just one or two cigarettes a day" can cause lung cancer. Why do many people believe light smoking is safe, and how can this misconception be corrected?
- The passage presents quitting as having "immediate" benefits. If the rewards are so clear, why do so many people fail to quit?
- The financial argument shows a lifetime cost of 73,000 pounds. Should governments raise tobacco taxes even further, or does this disproportionately affect lower-income smokers?
- Some countries have successfully reduced smoking rates dramatically. What policies do you think are most effective: bans, taxes, education, or graphic warning labels?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: SMOKING
Level: Low Advanced (L.A)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!